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Mar 19, 2025

FREE KINDER KITS FOR 70,000 KIDS TO KICKSTART EDUCATION

The Allan Labor Government is giving a free Kinder Kit to every child starting three-year-old kindergarten – full of books, toys and stationery to help children get their best start in life.Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn and Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas have unveiled this year’s Kinder Kits, which about 70,000 children starting three-year-old kinder this year will receive.

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Mar 14, 2025

BIG SCORE FOR COUNTRY FOOTY AND NETBALL IN 2025

The Allan Labor Government is getting behind regional footy and netball clubs ahead of the new season, with grants to make sure more Victorians get the chance to play the sport they love close to home.Minister for Community Sport Ros Spence and Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas have announced a new round of Country Football and Netball Program grants has opened.

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Mar 14, 2025

SUPPORTING HEALTHY HABITS FOR VICTORIAN FAMILIES

The Allan Labor Government is helping more young Victorians and their families to lead active, healthy lifestyles – supporting local organisations to address health inequities in communities right across the state.Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today visited Kyneton High School – who is benefiting from an initiative run by one of 84 successful recipients of the $4.87 million VicHealth Growing Healthy Communities Grants program.

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Mar 14, 2025

NEW TRADES HUB FOR UPGRADED GISBORNE SECONDARY COLLEGE

Gisborne Secondary College students are benefiting from new and upgraded facilities – and there’s more to come, with building work for a new trades hub now underway.Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas was joined by Principal Sarah Rose today turning the first sod on the new trades hub project.

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Mar 14, 2025

THE SMALL BUSINESS BUS IS COMING TO TRENTHAM

The Allan Labor Government’s Small Business Bus will be rolling into Trentham offering free expert business advice to small business owners and those wanting to start a business.

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Mar 14, 2025

DOZENS OF KINDERS CREATE 6,500 NEW PLACES FOR KIDS IN 2025

The Allan Labor Government is making sure thousands more children get a high-quality education at a local kindergarten with dozens of new or expanded services opening this year– creating more than 6,500 kinder places.Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas visited Lancefield Kinder in February to celebrate the new kinder year and officially open the service – one of 65 new or expanded services welcoming children in 2025.

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Mar 14, 2025

GLASSES FOR KIDS AT LANGLEY PRIMARY

Students at Langley Primary School will benefit from free vision screening and glasses as part of the Allan Labor Government’s boost for the popular Glasses for Kids program.Minister for Education Ben Carroll said the $6.8 million boost in the Victorian Budget 2024/25 triples the capacity of the program and is one of many ways the Government is helping busy families with cost-of-living pressures.

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Mar 14, 2025

MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY JOINING THE DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Allan Labor Government is calling for applicants to join the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.Minister for Disability Lizzie Blandthorn and Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas today called for applicants with lived experience of disability from diverse backgrounds, such as First Nations people, those from multicultural communities or the LGBTIQA+ community.

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Mar 14, 2025

WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANZACS

The Allan Labor Government will give a dozen Victorian students the opportunity to embark on a fully funded 11-day study tour to Gallipoli, Türkiye, where they will retrace the footsteps of the ANZACs.Minister for Veterans Natalie Suleyman and Member for Macedon, today invited students in years nine to 12 to apply for the 2025 Spirit of Anzac Prize and gain a deeper understanding of Australia’s wartime history.

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